US 12,478,536 B2
Mechanism for the bed of a casket
Christopher Carl Struewing, Batesville, IN (US)
Assigned to Batesville Services, LLC, Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Batesville Services, LLC, Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/536,978.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/387,159, filed on Dec. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0189172 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 17/04 (2006.01); A61G 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 17/044 (2016.11) [A61G 17/004 (2016.11)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A casket comprising:
a container comprising four walls and a floor attached to the four walls together defining an interior, the four walls including a first end wall, a second end wall positioned opposite the first end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall positioned opposite the first side wall; and
a mechanism, positioned in the interior, coupled to the first end wall, the mechanism including a first rod, a second rod, and a first planar member, the first rod and second rod defining a plane substantially parallel to the first end wall, the first planar member defining a first bore and a second bore, the first rod is slidably received in the first bore, the second bore is internally threaded, the second rod is externally threaded, the second rod is threadably received in the second bore, such that rotating the second rod about a lengthwise axis of the second rod changes an elevation of the first planar member relative to the floor, the first planar member having a thick end at the first bore and the second bore, and a thin end opposite the thick end, the first planar member having a tapered side profile extending between the thin end and the thick end,
wherein, the first rod, the second rod, and the first planar member are made of a combustible material.